3 Days Ephesus & Priene, Miletus, Didyma & Pamukkale Tour by Plane

05:00 You will be picked up from your hotel and transferred to airport. (Please note that time may change according to flight availability and hotel location)

07:00 Fly from ıstanbul to Izmir.

08:00 Arrive in Izmir airport and met on arrival. You will be picked up from Izmir airport and transfer to our office. After meeting with other tour participants and local tour guide, drive to Ephesus Ancient City, stroll past the celsus library, the Temple Of Hadrian and the Trajan Fountain in the Ancient Ephesus.After walking on the historical marble street the Great Theater where St. Paul preached will meet at the end. Then drive Isa Bey Mosque,After visiting Isabey Mosque, stop in a local restaurant for lunch. In the afternoon will visit the carpet coorperative to see how the Turkish carpets are made by hand. Proceed to shrine of Mother Mary,it is believed where she spent recent years of her life. Then vist Temple Of Artemis (Diana), on the side of one of the seven wonders of ancient World. At the end of the tour, drive to Kusadasi the tour ends and you will be transferred to Hotel  which is reserved by our company according to your choise. Check in hotel and overnight in Kusadasi.
 

08:30 You will be taken from your hotel after breakfast (Pick up time may change according to your hotel location) and meet with other tour participants and local tour guide. Then drive to Priene Ancient City. In the 2nd millennium BC, Priene Ancient City  was founded in an unknown location. Visit the theater, the temple of Athena, the Bouleterium, the Agora, and the Altar of Zeus and Cybele. After visiting Priene, have lunch in one of the local restaurant in the area. Afterwards, dirve to Didyma Ancient City, Visiting Temple Of the Apollon which was the biggest Oracle Center of ancient Turkey. After visiting Didyma drive to Miletus Ancient City, was established on the sea shore at that period. Also it was knowen Thales’s home. He has reported forecasted solar eclipse. He has been dealing with astronomy and solstices as one of the first astronomer to calculate in advance. The city was destroyed by the Persians in 5th century BC. At the end of the tour, drive back to hotel and overnight in Kusadasi.

08:30 Pick up from your hotel (Time may change according to your hotel location) and drive to meeting point to meet with other tour participants and tour guide then drive to Pamukkale that has the meaning of the Cotton Castle in English.

12:00 Arrive in Pamukkale and have lunch in a local restaurant.

13:00 We will enter the Hierapolis Ancient City and Pamukkale to vist Pamukkale's terraces are made of travertine, a sedimentary rock deposited by water from the hot springs. In this area, there are 17 hot water springs in which the temperature ranges from 35 °C to 100 °C The water that emerges from the spring is transported 320 metres (1,050 ft) to the head of the travertine terraces and deposits calcium carbonate on a section 60 to 70 metres long covering an expanse of 240 metres to 300 metres. Then visit Hierapolis Ancient City, famous for healing thermal / mineral Baths and beautiful snow-white “petrified waterfalls  including the main Street and Gates, the magnificently preserved Necropolis, the devil’s hole, the thermal Baths, and masterpiece theater. 

16:00 / 16:15 Tour ends and you will be transferred to Denizli  Airport to take flight to Istanbul.

19:15 Fly from Denizli to Istanbul (Please note that flight time may change according to flight availability)

20:20 Arrive in Istanbul. When you arrive in Istanbul airport, you will meet with our representative at the airport then be transfered to your hotel.